PB scoping toolkit
/This toolkit, developed by the US-based Participatory Budgeting Project, provides an introduction to PB.
Read MoreFood Glorious Food! It's PB on the menu for Woodburn and Dalkeith
/It takes a lot to fill a community hall on a rainy Saturday morning, but for the people of the Woodburn and Dalkeith communities, the chance to showcase their local activities and bid for their share of £18,000 was just enough to whet their appetites.
Read MoreTurning up & turning out: How can we get more from our local democracy?
/With local election turnout still relatively low, where do we start with getting people more engaged – and where does participatory budgeting fit in?
Read MoreBlog: PB Advisory Group - The Next Big Challenge for PB
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As Participatory Budgeting moves from Grants to Mainstream Budgets the PB Advisory Group are looking for clarity about the road ahead.
Read MoreA Masterclass in Co-operation: PB in Orkney
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The event in Orkney demonstrates the innate flexibility of the PB process. The inter-island vote and discussion on the day were a masterclass in co-operation.
Read MoreMoney (and much more!) £or Moray
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Where else other than a PB event would community projects offer each other the free use of a hearing loop, a spare couple of desks for working at and hens for a chicken coop?
Read MorePB in Castlemilk: Voting to lower the cost of the school day
/In March Castlemilk saw participatory budgeting with a twist. They called it ‘community funding’, but rather than being about a community of place this event was about funding for two school communities.
Read MoreSilence is Golden - Kirkconnel & Kelloholm PB Event
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Kirkconnel and Kelloholm PB event this weekend was about more than just money, it gave lots of small groups the opportunity to be heard by their community. The audience showed their appreciation for them by listening carefully in absolute silence.
Read MoreLeith Links - Bringing the Community Together
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This event report of the Leith Links event in March 2017 shows how PB helped bring the community together through low fuss table top presentations, community discussions and social voting for £400 - £2,000.
Read More'Go big and make an Impact' - North Carrick Event Report
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North Carrick use £80,000 to fund 4 projects that they hope will lead to transformational change in the surrounding villages.
Read MoreEvent report: Burnfoot Bids Together
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Burnfoot Community Futures is a long-standing active community organisation (established in 2006) who are delivering a local PB process in the Burnfoot area of Hawick in the Scottish Borders.
Read MoreBlogs about participatory budgeting in Paris
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The What Works Scotland website features three new blogs about participatory budgeting - all with a focus on how PB is being used in Paris.
Read MoreWhat Works in Participatory Budgeting: Taking stock and thinking ahead
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What Works Scotland (WWS) has produced a new paper presenting findings and reflections from ongoing research in the WWS Participatory Budgeting programme, and signposting future directions for inquiry and practice.
Read MoreMainstreaming Participatory Budgeting
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This guide from PB Network and PB Partners aims to support public sector organisations wishing to develop ‘mainstream’ Participatory Budgeting
Read MoreNew PB grant making 'how to' guide available
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Specifically written with community led organisations in mind but also useful for front line workers or local authorities starting out on using Participatory Budgeting, this guide lays out a simple 10 step process for PB grant making, from forming a planning group right through to monitoring and evaluation.
Read MoreCivic Activism toolkit
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An online toolkit from Northern Ireland with useful introductions to a range of methods for getting local people more involved in decision making.
Read MoreShaping Budgeting: Evaluation of process by PB Partners
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This evaluation by PB Partners describes the process, achievements and learning from a participatory budgeting initative in Aberdeen where young people had their say on how £50,000 of underspend.
Read MorePB in Aberdeen - report provides details on process
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Work in Aberdeen where young people had their say on how £50,000 of underspend was used has been highlighted in a report which follows the process that took place.
Read MoreReal Money, Real Power - PB in NYC video
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This is a great short video which explains how participatory budgeting works in New York City.
Read MorePB in Action: Participatory Budgeting comes to East Ayrshire!
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June saw 2 Participatory Budgeting events in East Ayrshite - Mauchline on June 5th and Valley Ventures, in Darvel on June 25th.
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